Omaha - The University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) and the Omaha Public Library are accepting poetry submissions for the 2010 Intergenerational Poetry Contest, open to adults age 60 and older, and students in seventh through 12th grade.

“Poetry Across the Generations” encourages poets – young and old alike – to submit two original works: one poem about life as a teenager, and one about life as a person who is at least 60 years old.

Separate and independent panels will judge the poems. Submissions are due Friday, Sept. 24.

Twenty poets will be recognized with cash prizes, and have the opportunity to read their poetry at two Omaha Poets Place events, hosted by UNO: 1 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 17, and 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 19, both at the UNO Milo Bail Student Center. The events will also feature group poetry discussions, entertainment and refreshments.

The University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) is Nebraska’s metropolitan university. The core values of the institution place students at the center of all that the university does; call for the campus to strive for academic excellence; and promote community engagement that transforms and improves urban, regional, national and global life. UNO, inaugurated in 1968, emerged from the Municipal University of Omaha, established in 1931, which grew out of the University of Omaha founded in 1908.